Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
  • G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
  • G07C5/08—Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
  • G07C5/0841—Registering performance data
  • G07C5/085—Registering performance data using electronic data carriers
  • G07C5/0858—Registering performance data using electronic data carriers wherein the data carrier is removable
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
  • G06K13/00—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism
  • G06K13/02—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism the record carrier having longitudinal dimension comparable with transverse dimension, e.g. punched card
  • G06K13/06—Guiding cards; Checking correct operation of card-conveying mechanisms
  • G06K13/063—Aligning cards
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
  • G06K13/00—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism
  • G06K13/02—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism the record carrier having longitudinal dimension comparable with transverse dimension, e.g. punched card
  • G06K13/08—Feeding or discharging cards

Definitions

• the invention relates to a card receiving device, in particular for a tachograph in a motor vehicle in flat construction, with an on ahmeö réelle for receiving a card having a memory for data, with a closure for closing the receiving opening, with a locking unit having at least one locking element, which is movable in a locked position, in which the locking element locks the closure.
• the focus of the application of the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention are in the field of tachographs or devices for recording the working hours and rest periods of commercial vehicle drivers.
• other applications are also conceivable, for.
• Advantageous application of the invention finds in combination with all types of card-shaped data carriers. Due to the high economic and legal significance of the data to be recorded in tachographs, the records must be reliably secured against manipulation.
• the security measures concern both data acquisition and data transmission as well as the transmission and storage of the collected data in the memory of the card. Relevant standards place stringent requirements on the safety standard to be achieved by the measures.
• the card be fully inserted during read and write operations is received by the card receiving device and isolated from the environment by means of suitable sealing devices.
• the locking devices must be locked in the closed position during read and write operations. Additional difficulties arise due to contamination-related functional failures of conventional devices, in particular by contact interruptions or even when pulling the card.
• the indentation and exact positioning of the card on the contacts of the device are problematic because the cards have high manufacturing tolerances in relation to the required positional accuracy to the contacts of the device. Since the cards are distinguished in the perception of the user mainly by a high degree of robustness, they are usually not treated with the care actually required, so that in addition to the tolerances caused by manufacturing deformations and damage the operation in interaction with the card receiving devices affect.
• the present invention seeks to provide a card receiving device and a method for receiving a card in a corresponding device, which is able to cope with the high mechanical loads during operation, in particular the burden of incorrect operation.
• the invention proposes a card receiving device mentioned above, which has at least one first sensor, by means of which the position of the locking element can be detected.
• a method mentioned above is proposed in which after the input phase of the card, a locking unit moves to a locked position in which a closure of a Aufnähme ⁇ réelle for the card is locked by means of the locking unit, a sensor, the locked position of Locking unit detected and signaled to the central control.
• the invention has recognized the key role of locking in the context of recording the card. This knowledge is based on the experience that a large part of the damage, in particular in the form of tilting of the male card in the device, is due to incorrect positioning in relation to the locking elements of the locking unit. Since the entire device is to operate in a relatively small space, the available game between the transported in the interior of the device card, the shutter and the locking unit is relatively tight, so that even smaller misalignments can lead to momentous blockages of the device. Thus, the sensory monitoring has special advantages due to the key function of the monitored mechanical components.
• the card receiving device has a central control, which is in communication with the first sensor.
• the central controller can query the status of the locking unit permanently or situation-dependent and this information in the functionally appropriate control of all the elements to be controlled, such. As drives or display units, take into account.
• the card receiving device has at least one second sensor, the second sensor detects at least one phase of the recording of the card and at the beginning and / or sends at least one signal to the central controller at the end of the phase.
• the security against manipulation increases in addition if the card receiving device has a locking unit, which is movable into a locked position and locks in the locked position the locking unit located in the locked position.
• the second sensor detects the beginning or the end of the locking of the locking unit in the locked position of the card and at the beginning and / or end of the locking of the locking unit sends at least one signal to the central controller.
• the central controller thus receives information about the status of the locking unit and, depending on this, can control the initiation of further steps for receiving the card or for data transmission.
• the proper locking and locking of the shutter can be monitored by means of this sensor, possibly in combination with the first sensor, so that during data transfers between the card and the device no manipulation can be unnoticed.
• the central controller initiates or maintains a data transfer operation to the receiving card only when the first sensor signals that the latch unit is in the latched position and the second sensor signals that the latch unit is in the latched position ,
• tenamvoriques has at least one movable transmission element, which is formed in the manner and coupled into the kinetics of the card receiving device, that each position of this transmission element during transport of the card in an end position clearly assigned to a movement phase of the collection, locking and / or locking the lock is.
• the transmission has such a transmission element, it is possible that, for example, the second sensor or another sensor is sensor-coupled to the transmission element, at least one position of the transmission element can be detected by means of the sensor and in this way the beginning and / or the end the movement phase can be detected by means of the kinetic assignment.
• the start and end times of closing, locking, locking, or also of clamping or grasping and transporting the card to be recorded, and possibly also fine positioning of the card are conceivable as a movement phase.
• the individual sensors are advantageously optical, inductive, capacitive and / or mechanical in their mode of operation.
• Good function is regularly achieved by an optical sensor in the detection of the position of the movable components, in particular with fork light barriers, which interact with mounted on the components to be monitored flags.
• Reliable security against manipulation can regularly only be achieved if the card can be retracted completely into the interior of the card receiving device. Additional security against tampering results if the locking element not only closes a closure closing the receiving opening in a closed position. locks, but also in the locked position at least partially obstructs the clear cross-section of the receiving opening. Even if the shutter closing the receiving opening is damaged, access to the card located in the card receiving device is denied because of the locking member.
• the position of the locking element in the locked position is permanently interrogated by means of the first sensor and the first sensor means the central control of transmitted signals of the central control permanently signals the detected position. In this way, the loss of the locked position during a data transmission can be stored in the memory of the card, whereby manipulation attempts are detected accordingly.
• the card receiving device In order to further reduce the susceptibility to error of the device according to the invention, it is expedient for the card receiving device to have a third sensor which detects the presence of the card to be recorded in the device. In this way, a manipulative or accidentally initiated picking without a card can be aborted after detecting the absence of the card, and the system can be returned to the initial state. In this case, it makes sense if the third sensor can be actuated by the card to be picked up or by a card receiving unit that can be moved in the inward direction.
• a mechanical mode of operation is particularly advantageous since such sensors generally require no auxiliary energy and energy-saving and particularly fail-safe.
• a third sensor is designed to be actuatable when the switch is open or when it is open and from a card receiving unit moving in the inward direction so that it operates when there is no card in the card receiving apparatus and the switch is open, is no longer actuated at a retraction movement of the card receiving device and the switch changes to a closed position.
• This design has the particular advantage that there is no provision for actuating the third sensor which brings the sensor or the switch into the closed position as a function of the movement phase of the card, but rather the stationary position in the absence of one Card is used to operate the switch or to interrupt a circuit.
• the card receiving device has a fourth sensor, by means of which it can be detected whether the card has reached the end position in the card receiving device. Due to the relatively narrow dimensional tolerances of the arranged on the standardized cards contacts, it makes sense if the fourth sensor is integrally formed with a provided for contacting the card contact set. Again, the use of a provided with mechanical elements switch offers. The advantages of the are fully effective when the card is automatically retractable and / or dispensable.
• An advantageous development of the method according to the invention provides that during the input phase, the card entered into the card receiving device is detected by means of the third sensor, the input is signaled to a central controller and the central controller switches on the power supply of a drive.
• the central controller switches on the power supply of a drive.
• other, in particular consumption-intensive, electrical components which were previously disconnected from the power supply to be switched on by the central control, for example display illuminations. In this way, the available energy resources are spared.
• a clamping unit clamps the card and during a transport phase, the card is transported into the receiving device.
• the use of a clamping unit in contrast to the transport by means of rubber rollers has the advantage that the clamping unit allows a particularly flat design, whereas the function of a drive by means of rolling a certain minimum diameter of the individual rollers and depending on the length of the transport path requires a certain number of rollers .
• the clamping of the clamping unit is released from the card, the second sensor detects and indicates the end of the pre-positioning phase the central control signals. Only the release of the clamping unit allows the correction of the manual Input inaccuracies of the card in the clamping unit, and the signal of the second sensor gives the central control information
• a fully compliant with the statutory provisions embodiment of the inventive method provides that after the input phase, transport phase, gripping phase, Vorpositionierphase and / or Feinpositionierphase during a backup phase, a locking unit is moved to a locked position in which the locking unit is locked by means of the locking.
• a tampering with the closure fraudulently attempted manipulation is prevented with double security, since first the lock and then the lock must be bypassed.
• the security against manipulation and functional reliability are additionally increased when the second sensor detects the locked position of the locking unit and signals it to the central control. Permanent monitoring of this signal allows the detection of an unforeseen movement of the locking unit out of the locked position.
• the central controller can switch off the drive of the card receiving device.
• the drive is switched off in an energy-efficient manner only if the time between the signal signaling the end of the pre-positioning phase and the signal signaling the reaching of the locked position of the locking unit does not exceed a predetermined value, otherwise the probability of a Malfunction is increased. If the time value is exceeded, it is expedient if the central controller initiates a process for issuing the card.
• a data transfer phase following the input phase, transport phase, gripping phase, pre-positioning phase, fine positioning phase and / or backup phase, in which information is transferred between the memory of the card and the card receiving device or the tachograph, should be interrupted when the second sensor locks the latter Position of the locking unit is no longer signaled or the first sensor no longer signals the locked position or if one of the two sensors indicates a leaving of the position to be monitored.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a card receiving unit
• FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a contact set with a view of the contacts
• FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a transmission element according to the invention
• FIG. 4 shows a printed circuit board for a card recording device according to the invention of a tachograph
• FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a locking element which is arranged on the right-hand side in the case of the card receiving device according to the invention of the presented exemplary embodiment
• FIGS. 6 to 10 each show a view from below of a card receiving device according to the invention in different phases of recording a card
• Figures 11 u. 12 each a flow chart of a card feeder by means of a card receiving device according to the invention.
• the card receiving unit 3 shown in simplified form in FIG. 1 essentially comprises a carriage 36 and a delivery arm 37, on which a rack element 110 shown in FIG. 6 is resiliently mounted.
• a first linear bearing 13 which is formed as two sides of the slide 36 arranged sliding bearing surfaces 39 is.
• the carriage 36 cooperates with a clamping element, not shown, so that a male card 2, not shown, is clamp-like clamped by the card receiving unit 3.
• an unillustrated card 2 is slid over input side ramps 38 along the carriage 36 to two stops 35 so that continued pressure against the input card 2 moves the card receiving unit 3 in the inward direction 14.
• a third sensor 23 designed as an opener in FIGS. 6 to 10 is relieved of a projection 25 which moves in the inward direction 14 with the card receiving unit 3, so that the third sensor 23 designed as a switch is no longer actuated and changes to the closed position.
• FIG. 2 shows a contact set 10 which has six contacts 11, different connections 12, a second stop 15 and a fourth sensor 24 as essential components.
• the second stop 15 is formed integrally with the contact set 10, since in this way a high dimensional stability between the contacts 11 and the stop edge of the stop 15 can be achieved.
• the fourth sensor 24 has a mechanical actuator 26 which touches the card 2 reaching an end position on the front side leading in the inward direction 14 and signals this process to a central control (not shown).
• FIG. 3 shows a central transmission element 40 isolated, which is shown in FIGS. 6 to 10 in cooperation with a locking unit 50 and a locking unit 60 in different phases of movement.
• the gear member 40 In a central first axis of rotation 41, the gear member 40 is provided with a projection about which it is rotatably mounted on a carrier 70 shown in Figures 6 to 10.
• One on a boom 43 mounted first pin 49 is the force application by means of a drive, not shown.
• the transmission element 40 transmits the introduced force of the drive to the locking unit 50 by means of eccentrically arranged second pins 44.
• a driver 45 arranged on the outer circumference, the transmission element 40 transmits the actuating force to the locking unit 60.
• the transmission element 40 is formed as a stamped sheet-metal part and is on the outer circumference provided with two bent projections 47, 48 which are formed as a signal generator for the position of the transmission element 40 in cooperation with a second sensor 22 shown in Figure 4, designed as a fork light barrier.
• FIG. 4 shows a printed circuit board 100 for two card receiving devices 1 arranged side by side, which are to be equipped completely with SMD technology, so that no flexible lines are required.
• each card receiving device 1 As essential components for each card receiving device 1 are each a centrally arranged contact set 10, a first sensor 21, which is designed as a forked light barrier for detecting a locking element 51 of the locking unit 50, a second sensor 22, which also serves as a forked light barrier for detecting the movement phase of the locking unit 60 is formed via the transmission element 40 as a fork light barrier and a third sensor 23, which is designed as a mechanically operated switch for registering the input of a card 2.
• FIG. 5 shows a locking element 51 of the locking unit 50 together with a locking element 61 of the locking unit 60.
• Essential components of the locking element 51 are a base plate 52, a movable lent on the base plate 52 attached pad 53 and a resiliently against the pad 53 pressing leaf spring 54.
• the locking member 51 is rotatably mounted about a second axis of rotation 55 in a second bearing 56 on the carrier 70, as shown in Figures 6 to 10.
• the longitudinal extent of the locking element 51 in the inward direction 14 can also be seen from these illustrations.
• the contact piece 53 is slidably mounted linearly on the base plate 52 of the locking element 51 essentially transversely to the inward direction 14.
• the locking elements 51 are located on both sides of a card receiving shaft 80 shown in Figures 6 to 10, and the pad 53 is held by the leaf spring 54 in each case in the direction of the center of aCDCSchachtes 80 under tension.
• the base plate 52 is provided with a first slide-like guide 57, which cooperates with one of the two second pin 44 of the transmission element 40.
• the locking element 61 is linearly slidably mounted in the longitudinal direction of the locking element 51 and is designed to be displaceable relative to the locking element 51.
• the locking element 61 is provided with a taper 62 which retracts behind a non-illustrated recess 58 of the pad 53 for locking the pad 53 in a locked position, so that the pad 53 in the mobility relative to the Locking element 51 is limited.
• the contact piece 53 has a projection 59 which cooperates with the first sensor 21, which is designed as a fork light barrier, for detecting the locked position.
• the locking element 61 has a third pin 65, by means of which, in cooperation with the driver 45 of the transmission element 40, the locking element 61 is displaced into the locked position on the locking element 51.
• FIG. 6 shows a card 2 in front of a card receiving device 1 according to the invention, which is ready to receive the card 2.
• the locking elements 51 are completely opened and the closure 72 mounted on a second leaf spring 71 formed integrally with the carrier 70 is free to move freely from the locking elements 51 transversely to an insertion plane 73 of the card 2.
• the third sensor 23 has already been relieved of the projection 25 of the card receiving unit 3 by inputting the card 2, and the power supply of a device, not shown, of the device has been switched on.
• the card 2 is fixed to the card receiving unit 3 by means of a clamping unit of the card receiving unit 3, not shown, while it is transported along the sliding bearing surfaces 39 of the first bearing 13 in the card receiving device 1.
• the non-illustrated clamping unit of the card receiving unit 3 was released, so that the card 2 now rests movably on the carriage 36.
• the locking elements 51 by means of their first guides 57 of the rotating about the first axis of rotation 41 gear member 40 in cooperation with the second pin 44 mirror images in the direction of the center of the receiving shaft 80 in the context of a rotational movement about the second axis of rotation 55 toward each other , so that the clear width of a receiving opening, not shown, of the card receiving device 1 is reduced below the frontal dimensions of the card 2.
• the first sensor 21 designed as a fork light barrier detects the engagement of the locking elements 51 by means of the projection 59 and signals after successful locking or fine positioning of the card 2, the successful completion of this phase of the central control, not shown.
• the fourth sensor 24 is actuated on the contact set 10, which signals the readiness for data transmission to the central controller.
• the central transmission element 40 pushes by means of the driver 45 in cooperation with the third pin 65, the locking member 61 of the locking unit 60 in the locked position in which the locked abutment piece 53 is limited in its mobility transverse to the inward direction 14 ,
• the central control is signaled the beginning of the backup phase by means of the second sensor 22, which is designed as a fork light barrier and detects the first projection 47 of the transmission element 40.
• the locking element 61 is displaced into the locked position along the locking element 51, and.
• the second sensor 22 detects the second projection 48 of the transmission element 40 and signals the end of the safety phase to the central control. Then, the central control switches off the power supply of the drive, not shown, and an exchange of information between the memory of the card 2 and the tachograph occurs during the subsequent data transfer phase.
• the card is manually inserted by the user into the card receiving device 1 and detected by means of a clamping unit (not shown) of the card receiving unit 3.
• the movement of the card receiving unit 3 in the inward direction 14 causes the energy supply of the drive 27 to be switched on by means of the third sensor 23, and during the subsequent transport phase 93 the clamped card 2 moves with the card receiving unit 3 in the inward direction 14.
• the clamping of the clamping unit not shown, and thus the fixation of the card 2 is released on the card receiving unit 3, so that the card 2 is movable to the carriage 36.
• the locking elements 51 of the locking unit 50 move to a locked position, in which the shutter 72 of the card receiving device 1 is locked.
• the card 2 is transported by means of the abutment pieces 53 into an end position suitable for data transmission, in which first contacts 11 of the contact set 10 are in contact with second contacts of the card 2.
• the first sensor 21 detects the locked position of the locking unit and sends this signal to the central controller, or registered the central control. the interruption of the fork light barrier of the first sensor 21st
• a locking element 61 of a locking unit 60 moves into a locked position, in which the locking unit 50 is locked, at the beginning of which the second sensor 22 moves past the first projection 47 of the gear element. 40 and signaled to the central controller.
• the signal caused in the further course of the backup phase 96 due to the passing of the second projection 48 on the second sensor 22 indicates the end of the backup phase 96 to the central controller and the drive 27 is switched off.
• a data transfer phase 97 follows the backup phase 96, during which information is transferred between the memory of the card 2 and the card receiving device 1.
• the locked position is monitored by means of the second sensor 22 and the locked position by means of the first sensor 21.

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